Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 149
ingis employed, it should be combined with contours, as inthe present example, in which case there can then be nomistake of this kind. (4) Fig. 127 is a specimen of the vertical hachure system 128 MAPS AND MAP-MAKING of showing hills. Short lines are drawn down the slopesfrom the crests of the… … Fig. 127.—Hill Shading. Vertical Hachuriug combined with Contouring (fromSnowdon Sheet of one-inch Ordnance Survey). intervals are regulated to a proper scale, so many lines goingto a certain number of degrees of slope, as you see fromFig. 128, which illustrates the principle. Fig. 127 is, likeFig.…
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